Page 7 The Sun Bay Paper April 15, 2026 What’s New around Fort Myers April Programs from Lee County Library System Lee County Library System locations are hosting free programs for all ages. Registration is required for some programs. For more information or to register, please call the library at 239-479-INFO (4636). Program information is also available online at www.leelibrary.net Fort Myers Mighty Mussels Baseball Class-AAffiliate of the Minnesota Twins Six-game series against the Lakeland Flying Tigers starting April 14th at 7:05 p.m. Reed Moring (1-0, 0.00) starts for the Mussels. Coverage begins at 6:40 p.m. on the Mighty Mussels Baseball Network. www.mightymussels.com 2026 Festivals and Events 21st annual “Ding” Darling Winter Lecture Series Through April 16 dingdarlingsociety.org Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium, Third Thursdays April 16 shellmuseum.org 11th annual Bonita Springs Film Festival April 16 Prado Stadium bonitaspringsfilmfestival.org World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament, Boca Grande May 13-14 bocagrandechamber.com/worlds-richest-tarpon-tournament 16th annual Fort Myers Film Festival May 14-18 fortmyersfilmfestival.com 14th annual “Ding” Darling & Doc Ford’s Tarpon Tournament, Sanibel Island May 15 dingdarlingsociety.org/tarpon-tournament 3rd annual South Seas Tarpon Tournament, Captiva Island May 22 Followed by Golf Scramble May 23 southseas.com/tarpon-tournament National Seashell Day June 21 visitfortmyers.com/national-seashell-day 30th annual MangoMania July 11 pineislandchamber.org/chamber-events/ mangomania Island Hopper Songwriter Fest Sept. 18-27 island-hopperfest.com 41st Cape Coral Oktoberfest Oct. 17-19 & 24-26 German-American Social Club capecoraloktoberfest.com Sanibel Island Writers Conference November tba FGCU fgcu.edu/siwc 36th annual American Sand Sculpting Championship, Fort Myers Beach Nov. 19-23 fmbsandsculpting.com 38th Fort Myers Beach Christmas Boat Parade Dec. 5 fortmyersbeach.org 2027 Festivals and Events 42nd annual Cape Coral Art Festival and Market Place January tba capecoralartfestival.com 36thth Tour De Cape in Cape Coral January tba Rotary Park tourdecape.net ArtFest Fort Myers, downtown Fort Myers Feb. 5-7 artfestfortmyers.com Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife 9th Annual Ground Owl Day February tba Pelican Baseball Complex ccfriendsofwildlife.org/events/2026/ ground-owl-day 89th Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade, Fort Myers February tba Downtown Fort Myers edisonfestival.org 25th annual Burrowing Owl Festival, Cape Coral February tba Rotary Park Environmental Center ccfriendsofwildlife.org/burrowing-owl-festival-2 Southwest Florida Ag Expo Feb. 25-March 7 Mike Greenwell Regional Park swflagexpo.com Spring training Boston Red Sox February-March tba mlb.com/redsox/spring-training JetBlue Park, Fort Myers Minnesota Twins mlb.com/twins/spring-training February-March tba Lee Health Sports Complex/Hammond Stadium, Fort Myers 90th annual Sanibel Shell Festival, Sanibel Island March tba Sanibel Community House sanibelcommunityhouse.net/shell-festival 28th annual Southwest Florida Reading Festival, Fort Myers March tba Fort Myers Regional Library, downtown Fort Myers readfest.org Fort Myers Beach Lions Club Shrimp Festival March 13-14 fortmyersbeachshrimpfestival.com Taste of the Islands event March tba Sanibel City Hall tasteoftheislands.org Be sure to enjoy the many downtown Fort Myers celebrations hosted by local businesses and the River District Alliance (RDA). Check out all the happenings this month on the events calendar on fortmyers.gov!
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